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The Expansion of Russia. Peter the Great & Age of Absolutism. The First Tsar. Ivan IV “the terrible” (b. 1530 / r. 1533 – 1584) Advised and abused by boyars (3 to 16 yrs) Took individual power in 1546 – crowned himself Tzar ( Caesar ) in 1547

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1698 returned to revolt of streltsi (tsar guards of noble classes, very politically active – opposed to reform and any threat to their own power) –instigated by Sofia; streltsi massacred; Sofia recedes to convent